HMIS Bombay (J249)
HMIS Bombay in Sydney Harbour in 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Name | Bombay |
| Namesake | City of Bombay (Mumbai), India |
| Builder | Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney |
| Laid down | 19 July 1941 |
| Launched | 6 December 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1960 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 733 tons |
| Length | 189 ft (58 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | Standard class armament: 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × 20 mm Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, machine guns, depth charge chutes and throwers |
HMIS Bombay (J249), later INS Bombay, named for the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of four operated by the Royal Indian Navy.